Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-09-23
IN TOWN AND OUT.

The editor man got his cake.
WHO'S got that ar white male pig?
A turnip grown by Prof. Kelm weighs
an even twenty pounds.
S@Reports from Bismarck state that Tom
Kelly is slowly improving.
Go to H. H. Days, Bismarck, for jew.
elry, watches, repairing, etc.
Mr.. and MRS. Waterbury, of Winona,
are in attendanceat at the institute.
s<Mr. Scott, of the firm of Campbell &
Scott, Glencoe, shot a large wildcat re-
Gently.
Messrs. Miller, Triplctt and Briscoe, of
Glencoe, were visitors to the RECORD
office Tuesday.
R. L. Durant 6 Co., wholesale; and re-
tail booksellers and stationers, wall paper
and music dealers. Bismarck. Oak.
A new way Of backsetting has been dis.
covered this season. Sod turnips nearly
foot in diameter are doing the work.
b The thrashing machines are busily at
work in this neighborhood. Wheat is
yielding from il to 18 bushels per acre !;
oats, from 35 to 81.
| |i/County Clerk Herrick left Williamsport
on foot one day last week, at 10 a. M,
and reached the Capital City at $50 p. m.
Pretty lively journey, that.
= The Shakespeare club met Tuesday even
ing at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Her
rick. The next meeting occurs tomorrow
evening at the Herrick residence.
Don't bother the badgers just now.
Wherever you see big, freshly-dug bur-
row, you may feel sure that gopher fam
lily once lived there, and that badger
wanted fresh meat.
DR.. Roep has completed the work of
putting in seed on his timber-claim. The
work has been we'll done. Another good
thing about the matter IS that the neigh
bors will have fuel handy hereafter.
Mr.. Smith, agent of the Plankinton In.
surance Company, passed through town
yesterday forenoon. He had his buggy
we'll packed with wild geese that he killed
out in the Goose Lake neighborhood. He
says the lake and neighboring fields are
full of geese.
Now isAthe time to plow your fire.
breaks. The dense growth of prairie
grass will soon burn readily, and there
will be no way of stopping fire should
one start, unless the breaks are there
The plowed strips should be wider than
usual this year.
The bids for coal for the county were
as follows, w, L. Yeaters bid being the
lowest. Ten tons was the amount called
for: D. H. Yeater, $1s per ton in cash
Thomas Bottomley. $197.50; George
Dougherty, $197.50; H. A. Armstrong.
$184; W. L. Yeater, $1s3.70.
Do you know why the general health of
Missouri Slope citizens is so good and
the business of the dentists so poor? 1t is
because our citizens get good, wholesome
meats of George Gussner, at Bismarck,
and do not have to wreck their teeth by
wrestling with sole-leather steak.
Everybody living on the Missouri
Slope knows DR.. Dunn, the old. timer
In purchasing drugs the public has TO de.
pend largely on the dealers statements
as to quality and prices. Nobody ever
had reason to complain of his dealings
with the firm of Dunn & Co. Therefore,
when in Bismarck, be sure to call on them.
One of our most enterprlsing young
farmers had quite severe attack et
a disease known scientifically as nollem
ksum ed ehcayl leb, one night this week
and for time it seemed that the COLDER
stairs must be lowered. But The patient
recovered, and next day his voice wa.
heard IN the fields, as it sang the songs OF
thankfulness and Joy.
Eureka Is the name of the town at the
end of the Bismarck branch of the Mil
waukee road, in McPhersen county.
contest has been entered against the lane
on which the town is situated, and it il
said that the railroad company intends t.
extend its line five Or six MILES furthe
and establish new town. This would
deprive Eureka of its temporary advan
tage of being a terminal point. :
\ The time draws nigh when the citizen
of Emmons County will begin hauling
their wheat to Bismarck. Every one will
then want to lay in supply of groceries
and all will desire to deal with firm tina
4 they feel assured keeps only fresh an.
pure goods in stock, aud that is satishe,
with areasonable margin of profit. Georg
jennings bears this reputation, and if ye,
deal with him you will make no mistake
Last Monday was quite windy, and tn
tumbleweeds took advantage Of sti1
southerly breeze to start on their journe,
toward the north pole. The prairie an
the streets of the burg were covered wit
them, marching along like an army ol
double-quick. The EDITORS straw ha
!, escaped from his head, mounted bi
tumbleweed and rode off in state. Tier
hasn't been such phenomenally excitin
time in town since the last dog-fght.
1t can't be helped, probably; but it !
nevertheless true that April and Septen
!: ber are the months most distasteful to
rural population for holding court. 1
September, particularly, it is annoying
This is the season for thrashing an
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